Friday, Nov. 17, 2017

The Daily

The New York Times

News, Daily News

4.3 • 107.6K Ratings

🗓️ 17 November 2017

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Basim Razzo lost his family and his home in an airstrike by the American-led coalition fighting the Islamic State. Video of the strike shows a target hit with military precision. In Part 2 of our look at civilian casualties in Iraq, Mr. Razzo sets out to learn why his home was targeted. Guests: Basim Razzo; Azmat Khan, an investigative reporter who has been looking into civilian deaths in the fight against ISIS. For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily.

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0:25.6	From the New York Times, I'm Michael Barbaro.
0:32.6	This is The Daily.
0:37.6	Today, Basum Razo lost his family and his home in a US-led air strike in Mosul.
0:47.6	Video of the attack shows the strike hit its target with military precision.
0:54.4	So why was Basum targeted?
0:57.1	And how often does this happen?
1:00.3	Part 2 of the story.
1:03.5	It's Friday, November 17th.
1:13.2	Basum, the night of the bombing, who survived the bombing and who died in the end.
1:24.0	Let's start with my house.
1:27.1	I survived.
1:28.5	My wife was killed.
1:30.4	My daughter was killed.
1:32.9	In the other house, my brother's house, his wife survived.
1:37.9	My brother died and his son died.
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